Phoenix Mars Lander

Phoenix Mars Lander

AFP/Getty Images photo by Lawrence Ho

Team members at mission control celebrate as NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successful touches down on the surface of Mars, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California on May 25, 2008. From left to right are Barry Goldstein, JPL project manager for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, Ed Sedivy, Phoenix spacecraft manager, Lockheed Martin, Phoenix principal investigator, Peter Smith of the University of Arizona and Fuk Li, manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program.

Team members at mission control celebrate as NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successful touches down on the surface of Mars, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California on May 25, 2008. From left to right are Barry Goldstein, JPL project manager for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, Ed Sedivy, Phoenix spacecraft manager, Lockheed Martin, Phoenix principal investigator, Peter Smith of the University of Arizona and Fuk Li, manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program. (AFP/Getty Images photo by Lawrence Ho)

Team members at mission control celebrate as NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander successful touches down on the surface of Mars, at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory(JPL) in Pasadena, California on May 25, 2008. From left to right are Barry Goldstein, JPL project manager for NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander, Ed Sedivy, Phoenix spacecraft manager, Lockheed Martin, Phoenix principal investigator, Peter Smith of the University of Arizona and Fuk Li, manager, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Mars Exploration Program.